The word 'marble' is also used for other stones that can be polished well and for ball shaped objects used for child games.

'Faux marble' is a wall painting technique that imitates the color patterns of real marble (not to be confused with paper marbling). Marble dust can be combined with cement or synthetic resins to make reconstituted or cultured marble.

Colorless marbles are a very pure source of calcium carbonate, which is used in a wide variety of industries. Finely ground marble powder is a component in paint, toothpaste, and plastics; calcium carbonate can also be reduced under high heat to calcium oxide (also known as "lime"), which has many uses including being a primary component of most cements.

↑Rocks are classified by the processes by which they form. Limestone is a sedimentary rock that forms by the precipitation of calcite. Marble is a metamorphic rock which forms when a limestone is subjected to high pressure and/or temperature.